From its founding as an Arab military outpost to the successive walls and closes, the tour shows the transition to a christian city. The tour includes the visit to the main milestones around the Almudena Cathedral, reaching the growth towards the East during the late Middle Age.

The different walls and closes, reaching 1868, explain how Madrid changed and grew. The tour includes diverse stops at the limits of the successive frontiers and at their gates, also showing how these increasingly included more spaces and unique buildings.

Spain’s most well-known LGBTI neighbourhood has changed after several centuries, going from an industral and degraded area to becoming a current symbol. Its history of churches, monasteries, and processes of expropriation and demolition lead towards the development of LGBTI social movements and of Pride events.

The history of the 1808 Dos de Mayo uprising shows how was Madrid back then and how did the local population react to the French invasion. The itinerary visits the main places affected by the repression, as well as the history of the main protagonists.

The most multicultural neighbourhood in downtown Madrid in an example of historical evolution, as well as of social movements and tradition. Its history, its squares and its popular festivities are the core of its unique personality.

The streets of downtown Madrid have experienced murders and macabre leyends that have become the name of various spaces. The tour includes places affected by both real murders, such as those of Eduardo Dato and Joan Prim, and by legends and myths.